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My trip to Makkah (part 3) Since we arrived we didn‘t have any special instructor or a guide who would advise us during the hajj, so we were absolutely sure that our Sunni Muslim group was a minority and we are linked up with Shiites Muslim pilgrims from all over the world. This imam

Kaunas Mosque Presentation for students of Third Age University, Faculty of Babtai, Kaunas District On 22 November 2017 students from Faculty of Babtai participated in an educational trip “Kaunas – a city of religious tolerance”. During which students attended prayer houses belo

We reached the goal of the journey – the Sacred Mosque (Ka’bah) “Labbaik Allahuma labbaik!” Behold, I am here, I responded to Your invitation, oh Allah! From the area where we stayed you must take a taxi or a bus to the Sacred Mosque. Unfortunately, we did not know how to stop the bus

Renovated men wudu area of Kaunas mosque In the beginning of November Muslims’ Religious Community of Kaunas renovated men wudu (washroom) area of Kaunas mosque. The wudu area was in a really poor condition: while toilet was lacking comfort the inadequate separation was also accompani

This series of articles will be about the pilgrimage of several Muslims from Lithuania to the Sacred House (Ka’bah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia) in 1438/2017. It will be a story about going to the Hajj, the joys and difficulties of this special experience, which gives sense of the condition

Labbaik Allahuma labbaik! Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Saudi Arabia). It is one of the five pillars of Islam, and every Muslim is trying to do it at least once in his life, of course if he able to. With the availability of adequate financial and physical opportunities, this pilgrima

Written by Adas Viliušis – blogger, postgraduate student of English philology in Vilnius university. Vilnius has long been known as an extraordinary city, made of various cultural mosaics. For centuries, the multicultural face of the city has been visualised by representatives o

The religious community of Kaunas Muslims received all the necessary special permits required by the government to carry out renovation works in the Kaunas mosque, for which the board of the community supposed to decide during the forthcoming meeting. However, the plans have been chan

A day of joy – Eid ul Fitr 2017 Almost 1.5 billion of muslims on Earth said goodbye to the month of Ramadan. Muslims in Lithuania started celebrations on the 25th of June with a collective prayer in their local mosque or prayer house, as that is the proper way to mark the ending